That's a kernel panic. It's usually caused by a piece of dodgy hardware, so what peripherals and third party components do you have installed or connected to the machine? What are you doing with it at the time of the panics?

The link I gave earlier outlines a few different ways of finding the source. It could still be a RAM problem but use Console in the Utilities folder to check the crash logs. They might hint at something else.

I had the same problem and a buddy of mine fixed my computer saying it's either the hardboard is fried which it has been for about 2 years earlier which is why half my screen is greyed out (need new mac!) or it was the kingston Ram. I would bet it was the Ram. But it's something hardware not software.

he fixed it by having it not boot up wrong but he's not sure what he did to fix it

The error occurred with IOATABlockStorage (and the dependencies: IOStorageFamily and IOATAFamily). This means the problem is with either the drive it self, or the controller on the motherboard.

First things to do:
-Run a test tool like TechTool Deluxe that comes with AppleCare
-If you have any usb drives, remove them
-If you have a second harddrive in the system, remove it
-If you still get errors with the secondary drives removed, replace the primary with a fresh installation

I had the same problem and a buddy of mine fixed my computer saying it's either the hardboard is fried which it has been for about 2 years earlier which is why half my screen is greyed out (need new mac!) or it was the kingston Ram. I would bet it was the Ram. But it's something hardware not software.

he fixed it by having it not boot up wrong but he's not sure what he did to fix it

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well....that sounds promising-- i am finding a lot of persons with the same issues with the Dual 1.8Ghz PowerMac G5--- did i also mention that sometimes when booting up-- the fans come on and reach full blast like a jet engine? real weird

and when the G5 does make it to desktop-- (here is kicker) --- after exactly 10 -15 minutes of "running" doing either nothing or desktop work-- it freeze crashes -- (no multi-lang screen) just a very quiet hard drive/CPU and no moving mouse--EVERYTIME! btw--- ALL disk utilties softwares pass with flying colors

The error occurred with IOATABlockStorage (and the dependencies: IOStorageFamily and IOATAFamily). This means the problem is with either the drive it self, or the controller on the motherboard.

First things to do:
-Run a test tool like TechTool Deluxe that comes with AppleCare
-If you have any usb drives, remove them
-If you have a second harddrive in the system, remove it
-If you still get errors with the secondary drives removed, replace the primary with a fresh installation

that may be the ONLY hardware on my powermac g5 dual 1.8 that has not been swapped out? or maybe the hard drive is TOO BIG? (200 GB drive) to be used onmy powermac g5 dual 1.8?

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No such thing. SATA supports all current sized disks.

A controller is basically something that interfaces something to something else (example: motherboard controller <-> harddrive controller). So your motherboard has a SATA controller that handles all harddrive communication, and the harddrive it self has a controller that controls the drive and transmits information back and forth to the motherboard controller.

For the controller to fail on the motherboard it could be just faulty, or a drive connected to it is causing it fail. In the first case, you need a new motherboard, but since its a G5 - you need a new computer. If its the harddrive, replace the harddrive.

The only way to test is to get a brand new harddrive and do a fresh installation on it or use an external usb / firewire harddrive and do a fresh installation on it then boot it.

so my guess is to try a SMALLER GB-sized drive now--like 60 GB?--- i read somehwehre (on-line) that faulty controlers COULD cause improper hard drive-reading--- and i've reading very similar prb's with this generation G5 1.8 as having problems--- apparently it is based on the serial numbers--b/c unit after this series seem to be ok--- <so maybe apple knew they goofed?>

after that-- i'm gonna wave the white flag & turn this G5 prb into a fish tank -****many thanks to the MACRUMORS FAMILY for all your help : )***

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